It's a small vineyard and they do not grow all of their grapes. some they purchase from vineyards on the Finger Lakes or out in California. We managed to like four of the wines well enough to purchase a case composed of three bottles of each.
Truro Winery.
After the winery, we headed back up the Cape to the area just north of Provincetown along Race Point Road. It was just after the visitor's center closed but the view from the deck was great.
While much of the Cape is losing ground/sand to the ravages of the ocean, there are a few areas that are gaining sand in abundance. The north "fist" and curling fingers are collecting sand eroded from the beaches and cliffs and then swept along the eastern shores. The southern end near the "elbow" has also got a long, narrow spit of sand washed southfrom the middle of the Cape. Signs outside of Provincetown warn of the danger of wind blown sand and it's obvious that the road has often been covered by sand.
Dunes north of Provincetown.
A short distance down Race Point Beach to the west is the Old Harbor Life-Saving Station.
Old Harbor Life-Saving Station
Most of the trees on the Cape are scrub oak and pine. Both were in flower while we were there and the air was occasionally pale green with pine pollen. This photo shows both last year's female cones (the gray ones), this years female cones (the brown ones) and the male flowers (they look like brown caterpillars).
Pine cones and male flowers.
We then drove into Provincetown to have our dinner at the Lobster Pot. Good service, good food. And the place didn't start filling up until well after we were into our meal. The crowds that were out and about Monday evening were long gone--or at least greatly reduced.
Then it was back to the campground for a little socializing with our friends and discussion of Wednesday's Whale Watching Trip.
Camp at Adventure Bound Campgrounds, North Truro
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